Extension car-step.



l. N. STOKES.

EXTENSION CAR STEP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I4, 1914.

1 ,1 59,288. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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J. N. STOKES.

EXTENSION CAR STEP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I4. |914.

Patel-11611 Nov. 2, 1915.

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@mi/lineman JOHN NEWTON STOKES, OF 'BENroNvILLn ARKANSAS.

EXTENSION can-STEP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.` Patntd NOYfg, 1915i.`

Application filed May 1.4, 1914.` Serial No. 838,560.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bentonville, in the county of `Benton and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ExtensionCar-Steps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements inY railway passenger or othercars, more particularly auxiliary steps or extension-steps therefor. f v

The invention has for its object to facilitate ingress and egress to andfroin,espe cially passenger cars.

-A further object is toprovide for'readily Y adjusting thestep-extension for use and' disfio posing it out of use. Y y

A still further object is to carry out these ends in a simple,economical and expeditious manner. y

The invention therefore consists of an auxiliaryor supplemental step orVstep-eX- tension adapted to have slidable, or extensibleaconnectionwith the regular car-steps,

also means for the application or adjustmentof said auxiliary step orstep-extension to the latter, substantially as hereinafter disclosed anddefined bythe appended claim. 30

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated the preferred embodiment ofmy invention wherein it will be understood that various changes andmodifications may be made as to the detailed construction andvarrangement of parts without departing from' the spirit of theinvention, and in which drawings L Y Figure l is an elevation of apassengercar with my invention applied thereto, or

rather to tlie'steps thereof, in extended andV unextended positions,respectively. Figs. 2

' and 3 are front views of the invention as assembled with thecar-steps, detached from the car, the invention being in unextended andextended positions, respectively. Fig. l is a detached perspective Viewof the vinvention. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken' Y on the linelr-et of Fig. 4.

In carrying out my invention, I suitably contrive a supplemental orauxiliary step, or step-extension, designated generally as 1, inapproximately U-shaped outline, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4, the stepproper 2 and the side or lateral forming portions thereof 3 N. STOKES, a

:iliary step or step-extension in being at right angles to ,eachAother.V The side or lateral portions 3, in providing for a sliding orextended action, are of suitable length for the purpose-and adaptedto'be applied .to the sides of thecar-steps A, said side portionsShaving inwardly extending iianges or guides 5 along their longitudinal,

edges, to overlie .orl engage the corresponding portionsofthe-car-steps` A. Said side portions are, provided, ,centrally about,l z with ,longitudinal slots which receive studs or projections ,7 uponthe sides'. of 'the carauxiliary or supplemental steps,` orstep-extension -is adapted, as already indicated, to

have longitudinal or sliding movement, in

order to provide for .thelowering thereof,

Vfor facility of the passengers of the car in entering and leavingV thelatter'.

A suitable lever or handle-equipped crank shaft 8 is journaled orsupported in, and

extends through the `sides of the car-steps,-

near or atthe upper end thereof, the handle vor lever ofsaid shaft beingdesignatedas 9.

One arm of end 10 of the shaft 8. and the lever or handle 9 thereof areconnected tO the side Or lateral portions 3 of the auxiliary orsupplemental step or step-extensionV by rods or linlrsll, in twin,pivoted to saidk parts, the connection between said rods and steps',well down `near or Vat thelower ends, and upon which studs'orprojections the saidside-portions 3 being adjacent the upper ends of thelatter, whereby it will be Observed-that byk suitablyactuating saidlever, said step-extensi.on..may bev lowered within easy Vor convenientstepping distance between tliecar and the street .for the passengers, inleaving and entering the car, as before indicated. It will be furtherobserved that, afteriising the auxiliary step or stepextension and inagain elevating it to initial or former position, by suitably vdisposingthe y lever in dead-center alinement withgthe rods 11, the desiredlocking action is obtainedfor the suitable retentionv of the auxvelevated position until further needed.

I vclaini'i:.-

A device of the type described, including an approximately U-shapedstep-'forming member fitted to slide upon the lower end of anextension-step Of a passenger-carryingvehicle, a bail or U-shaped leverwith its bail forming portion fulcrumed in said extension-step and linkshaving their lower ends In testimony whereofl I affix my signatureconnected to sind slldable step-foinnng 1n presence of two Wltnesses.

member, the opposite ends of said links be- JOHN NEWVTUN STUKES. ingconnected to one arm of the bail forming .Vtnesses:

portion of said lever and to the lever proper, Y J. G. MCANDREW,

respectively. GEO. COTTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. C.

